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Identity Politics for White People

Here's an Ingenious Way for Crackas Like Me to Claim Preferential Victim Status without Having to Join the Rainbow Coalition!

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Daniel D
Jan 19, 2023
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A few months ago I wrote a post on America’s new national pastime, known as Victimology Poker, and how it was inducing a significant number of white people to join the Rainbow Coalition in order to gain preferential cultural status as a victim. But what do you do if you’re a white man who wants to play identity politics, but you don’t want to have anal sex with other guys or wear dresses and lipstick? Are you doomed to remain an evil COLONIZER and OPPRESSOR for the rest of your privileged life?

Effective Identity Politics for White People - people gathering near green trees during daytime
Identity Politics for White People (Photo by Malu Laker on Unsplash)

Fortunately for you, the answer is a resounding “No!”

Dear ladies and gentle-crackas, I have found the loophole that we palefaces can use to play identity politics and win!

This loophole also works for Asians. Even though the Japanese and Chinese once faced de jure discrimination in America that was similar to Jim Crow laws against African-Americans, today Asians are considered “white adjacent.” They have too many perfect SAT s…

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